Interpretation:
From the given information in the question statement, the approximate age of oceans has to be calculated and the reasonableness of the answer that the age of Earth is
Explanation of Solution
Given,
The diameter of Earth as
The surface of the earth is calculated by
The Earth is covered by oceans up to
The depth of the oceans is given as
Conversion of
The mass of sea water and
The rate of time elapsed is
The time elapsed is less than the given age of oceans. The addition of
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